boyerjason700
Member
I am in the beginning stages of developing an interactive Power BI report based on the Titanic and the data surrounding it. Not the typical machine learning project everyone in the data world is familiar with. This is just a personal project I plan to enter into a contest, but using it as a learning experience to enhance my skills. I also have a 10 year old daughter who is obsessed with the Titanic so this will be fun for her too, and hopefully a chance for her to learn some cool facts about the ship and the people aboard.
First, I am very grateful for this site and the members here; so much information is a bit overwhelming but I would not be able to complete this project without the effort and dedication everyone here has put forth.
General idea for the project is as follows:
3 main sections
Ship
Passengers
Crew
The ship page will consist of metrics dealing with the construction and make up of the ship. This is where I could use some help from you all. If anyone has a good reference area either here on ET or elsewhere on the web that deals with the actual construction and what was put into the ship; (# of rivets, chairs, stairs, rooms, etc.), i would really appreciate you pointing me in that direction. I have not had a chance to search through everything on this site; so much here. Just a general section would work and I can take it from there.
The passengers and crew pages will consist of metrics around all the people and their lives. I am using the passengers and crew lists provided by ET, but have gone through the effort of getting more detailed information off of each individuals profile page. How many passengers had the same birthday, how many wives lost their husbands that evening, what was the percentage of victims who were single vs married. Mixed in will be some short articles dealing with some interesting people aboard that many may not have known about. (If you have a favorite, let me know!)
Rough layout thoughts would be to style it similar to a Harry Potter Newspaper. Short articles on one side and an interactive graph or visual next to it with relevant metrics. The idea is to educate the user while keeping their attention with the different interactive pieces.
Not sure how many here are familiar with Power BI and what it is used for. One of the best business analytics tools on the market; great for finance, marketing, sales metrics and reports. What I am attempting here is a bit different then what is was created for, but I am trying to blend a webpage feel into analytics data with some out of the box methods.
Feel free to let me know what you think of the idea. I will definitely share the finished report here as well as include ET as the top resource in the report. Also, if anyone has a good idea of what else to include, let me know. Kind of an open end project to see where it leads.
First, I am very grateful for this site and the members here; so much information is a bit overwhelming but I would not be able to complete this project without the effort and dedication everyone here has put forth.
General idea for the project is as follows:
3 main sections
Ship
Passengers
Crew
The ship page will consist of metrics dealing with the construction and make up of the ship. This is where I could use some help from you all. If anyone has a good reference area either here on ET or elsewhere on the web that deals with the actual construction and what was put into the ship; (# of rivets, chairs, stairs, rooms, etc.), i would really appreciate you pointing me in that direction. I have not had a chance to search through everything on this site; so much here. Just a general section would work and I can take it from there.
The passengers and crew pages will consist of metrics around all the people and their lives. I am using the passengers and crew lists provided by ET, but have gone through the effort of getting more detailed information off of each individuals profile page. How many passengers had the same birthday, how many wives lost their husbands that evening, what was the percentage of victims who were single vs married. Mixed in will be some short articles dealing with some interesting people aboard that many may not have known about. (If you have a favorite, let me know!)
Rough layout thoughts would be to style it similar to a Harry Potter Newspaper. Short articles on one side and an interactive graph or visual next to it with relevant metrics. The idea is to educate the user while keeping their attention with the different interactive pieces.
Not sure how many here are familiar with Power BI and what it is used for. One of the best business analytics tools on the market; great for finance, marketing, sales metrics and reports. What I am attempting here is a bit different then what is was created for, but I am trying to blend a webpage feel into analytics data with some out of the box methods.
Feel free to let me know what you think of the idea. I will definitely share the finished report here as well as include ET as the top resource in the report. Also, if anyone has a good idea of what else to include, let me know. Kind of an open end project to see where it leads.
